http://www.maxrigging.com/preparing-your-rowing-hull-for-fall-season how to get more out of your rowing, and rowing equipment Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.maxrigging.com/preparing-your-rowing-hull-for-fall-season/comment-page-1#comment-870 PItts Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.maxrigging.com/?p=805#comment-870 Clay bar is the way to go to remove any contaminants from your hulls paint. Rubbing compound is much harsher and should only be used to remove oxidation, orange peal or other deeper problems. Clay bar used properly will leave your paint clean and slick with no residue whatsoever. Regardless of whether you are going to wax or not this will clean and leave your paint pretty and slick. Since the paints used on shells is nothing more than automotive paint look to automotive websites for advice on cleaning and polishing your paint. Griots Garage has a detailed "Detailers Handbook" free online which explains a lot about paint care. http://www.griotsgarage.com/category/product+information/detailer%27s+handbook.do (I have no connection with Griots) Clay bar is the way to go to remove any contaminants from your hulls paint. Rubbing compound is much harsher and should only be used to remove oxidation, orange peal or other deeper problems. Clay bar used properly will leave your paint clean and slick with no residue whatsoever. Regardless of whether you are going to wax or not this will clean and leave your paint pretty and slick. Since the paints used on shells is nothing more than automotive paint look to automotive websites for advice on cleaning and polishing your paint. Griots Garage has a detailed “Detailers Handbook” free online which explains a lot about paint care. http://www.griotsgarage.com/category/product+information/detailer%27s+handbook.do (I have no connection with Griots)

]]> http://www.maxrigging.com/preparing-your-rowing-hull-for-fall-season/comment-page-1#comment-864 Andrew Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:38:30 +0000 http://www.maxrigging.com/?p=805#comment-864 I had a similar situation with my single. I used turtle wax marine polish and then finished it off with the gel coat sealer that they make. This i would recommend as it protects the hull from UV and pollution and has worked much better than anything else i have used in the past for protecting my boat from the junk they tip in at the water works just upstream from where i boat. I had a similar situation with my single. I used turtle wax marine polish and then finished it off with the gel coat sealer that they make. This i would recommend as it protects the hull from UV and pollution and has worked much better than anything else i have used in the past for protecting my boat from the junk they tip in at the water works just upstream from where i boat.

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